{"id":534486,"date":"2026-03-20T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/534486\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:23:09","slug":"chiefs-double-up-on-defense-in-nfl-coms-latest-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/534486\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs double-up on defense in NFL.com\u2019s latest mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Pick 9<br \/>Kansas City Chiefs<br \/>Mansoor Delane \u2014 LSU, CB, Senior<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">With two of their starting corners heading to the Rams this offseason (Trent McDuffie via trade and Jaylen Watson via free agency), the Chiefs have a tough time passing on the top option here. Delane is a press-man corner who gets physical in the run game, too. That\u2019s what coordinator Steve Spagnuolo seeks at the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Pick 29<br \/>Kansas City Chiefs<br \/>Malachi Lawrence \u2014 UCF, Edge, Senior<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">I\u2019ve been accused of trying to hit too many fairways in past mocks, so here\u2019s me whipping out the driver and going for the green. Lawrence has been a hot name in the pre-draft process. With his length, size and explosiveness (40-inch vertical, 10-10 broad jump, 1.59-second 10-yard split), the UCF product fits K.C.\u2018s benchmarks for an edge rusher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pick 9Kansas City ChiefsMansoor Delane \u2014 LSU, CB, Senior With two of their starting corners heading to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[195981,195982,349,99],"class_list":["post-534486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-draft","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-mock-drafts","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}